• 文献标题:   Chemical Doping of Large-Area Stacked Graphene Films for Use as Transparent, Conducting Electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KASRY A, KURODA MA, MARTYNA GJ, TULEVSKI GS, BOL AA
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, doping, transparent conductive electrode, solar cell, resistor network, stacking
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   IBM Corp
  • 被引频次:   251
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn100508g
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Graphene is considered a leading candidate to replace conventional transparent conducting electrodes because of its high transparency and exceptional transport properties. The effect of chemical p-type doping on graphene stacks was studied in order to reduce the sheet resistance of graphene films to values approaching those of conventional transparent conducting oxides. In this report, we show that large-area, stacked graphene films are effectively p-doped with nitric acid. The doping decreases the sheet resistance by a factor of 3, yielding films comprising eight stacked layers with a sheet resistance of 90 Omega/square at a transmittance of 80%. The films were doped either after all of the layers were stacked (last-layer-doped) or after each layer was added (interlayer-doped). A theoretical model that accurately describes the stacked graphene film system as a resistor network was developed. The model defines a characteristic transfer length where all the channels in the graphene films actively contribute to electrical transport. The experimental data shows a linear increase in conductivity with the number of graphene layers, indicating that each layer provides an additional transport channel, in good agreement with the theoretical model.